Cigarette-box making and packing machine.



No 846,658 PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. F. GIROUD.

CIGARETTE BOX MAKING AND PACKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11, 1901.

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ATTORNEY$ No. 846,658. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

F. GIROUD. CIGARETTE BOX MAKING AND PACKING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 11,1901.

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No. 846,658. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

1 F. GIROUD.

CIGARETTE BOX MAKING AND PAGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1901.

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PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1901.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 11,1901. Serial No. 64,127.

Patented. March 12, .1 07.

To all whom it may concern/5 Be it known that I, FELIPE GIRoUn, a citizen of Cuba, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, havelmvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Box Making and Packing Machines, of which the following'isa specification.

My invention relates to a cigarette box and packingsnachine, and consists in means for automatically making the body of a box,

feeding'the cigarettes theretoa'nd compressing them therein, and in applying the boxcover to saidbody, all. as -more fully hereinafter described and particularly claimed.

The objects of my invention are to save time, trouble, labor, and expense in employing independent machinery for making a.

cigarette-box, and independent means for packing the box with cigarettes, and for clos- 1 mg or sealing. the same;

. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 1s a side longitudinal viewin eleva tion, partly in section;' Fig. 2, a plan of the machine. Fig. 3 is a rear end view of-the machine, parts being broken away; Fig. ,4, a sectional .view of the counter-box, showing its partitions and the cigarettes lying within them. Fig. 5 a plan view of the folder,

showing in section the turning-box and the final receiving-box of the drum; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the same in section with the cigarettes half-wayin the turning-box and I the finger for arresting the cigarettes standing above them. Fig. 7is a longitudinal sectional view showing the cigarettes held within the turning-box and the arresting-fingers downjFig. 8, a view of .the tIiIIJJhg-bOX, partly in section, and its connections, showing the-boxbeginning itsturnmg movement Land the lip of the package projecting. Fig. 9

is a view of the same partswith the box turned end for end, showingthe lip of the package turned .down read to be forced in the receptacle in the drum; ig. 10, a view of the wrapper-blank before it is doubled pFig, 11, a wrapper-blank doubled over on the cigaretteswith the margins unturned;F 1g. 12, the next stage of the wrapper blanks with the top margin turned down; Fig. 13, the

wrapper-blank with both side margins turned down; Fig. 15, astifi paper or card board .box to receive the wrapped package; Fig. 16, a plan view of the plunger. and its atf tachments. Fig. 17 is a i'rontsection of an .attachment used with the machine when paper. is used for the wrapper instead of card sfs board and by which. the cigarettes are compressed; Fig. 18, a viewof the same when the same are compressed. Fig. 1-9 is a side view of the same with the box in section, showi. the face of one of the partitions and the'plunger aboutto enter below. Fig. \20 is a View of the parts shown in Fig. 19.

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lnthe drawings, 1 is the frame of the machine, on which a drive-pulley 2 is properly iournaled and driven by any suitable power.

3, and mounted 'on the shaft is the crank 5,

0 The shaft of this pulley carries a bevel-wheel which carries the crank-pin 6. Suitably journaled in the frame is the shaft7, Fig. 1, which carries the bevel-wheel 8, meshing with to the various devices of the machine.

9 is a'bar or lever provided with the slot 10 in which works the crank-pin 6. .At its lower end the ,lever is pivoted to a cross-piece near the bottom of the frame, (not shown in the accompanying drawings,) and at its upper end there is pivoted one end of a link 12,

I the wheel 3. This shaft imparts movement:

which is connected at itsother end with a projection 13 from a horizontally-reciproeating plunger 14, by means of which the plunger is given its reciprocatingmovement.

The plunger 14 (alsoshownin Fig. 16) is I for the purpose of pushing forward the cigarettes into the box-body and by its continuing movement effecting the folding and delivery of the boxes, as-hereinafter described. It is provided at its forward end with extensions consisting of two plates 15, between which the cigarettes are received from a suitable receptacle, and with grooves 16, into which fingers 17, are adapted to fall at the proper time to hold and prevent the cigarettes from being carried back with'the return movement.

- 18 is a cog-wheel mounted [on the upright shaft 19, meshingwith and operated by a plate on its IOO' cog 20 on shaft/f7. Shaft 19 carries on its upper end a disk a,'which is connected Messathe bottom of the shaker within fa feed tweenthe arnr 53 and the fr ame'servesto hold the roller 54 into contact with'one of box 22 to shake the cigarettes down between the partitions S, hung on frame 23; '24 is a si es of the box 22.

rod connecting disk a with the shaker, and 25 is the'bottom of the shaker, having a sli ht reciprocating motionin slots in the 26 is a channel into which a cardboard" or paper blank is fed in front of the cigarettes and plunger.

walls 27 and28 and closed at'its bottom by block 29, and on which the blanks fall.

, 31 is a slot formed in the bottom 'of'the- 5 I by-areciprocatingframe 32.

i is the receiving-boxffor the blanks, and

box, through which the blanks are pushed I 33 is an inclined-plate or apron upon which the blan'ks'fall and by which they are conveyed to the channel-26. The apron 33is hinged at 34 to the top of the wall 27 of the channel 26 and receives a vertical vibratory "motion-by means of a-verticalrod 35, connected to apron 33 at 36. The rod 35 is operated by means of acam b on shaft 7. l

- The pushing-frame 32 (shown particularly.

inFig- 2) is operated by a cord or chain 38,

' 'which is connected to lever 9. It passes from lever-19 over suitable, pulleys secured to the framework and is connected at its opposite end to-the pusher 32.

42 (shown in Fig. 5) is a bottom plate having'surfaces h for turning up the marginal side portion of thelowe'r part of the wrapper.

- The upper surfaces of these marginal portions are furnishedwith a coat'of paste by means of paste-rollers 44 coming into contact therewith atv a point between the surfaces g. and it, said rollers being supplied with paste by running in contact with one of a pair of cylinders 45, on which the pasting material, preferably vcorn-starch, is fed and spread.

- 46 are the side supports in which the rollers are mounted.

47 are three meshing cogs by which the rollers 45 are turned continually, the shaft of the upper cylinder being rotated through cog 48, engaging with a 00g on the end of shaft 49, as shown in Fig. 3.

shown in Fig. 1. '-A paste'whee'l 54' isproend of a bell-crank lever which has its opposite end'53 projecting in a path of an operat-i ing-lever 51.. ,A spring: interposed be- The channel is formed'by the A-spring 3 9 is. mployed to retract the pusher after its forward m0veme t 7 Shaft 49-is rotated, by. I meansof thefgearing 50, from-shaft 7, as.

the cylinders 45, and said roller is moved from this position into contact with the package when the bell-crank is tilted by'the lever 51.

The lever is tilted at intervals by a lug C on the gear 50 coming into contact with its lower end.

is a rotary box providedwith a'cha-nnel therethrough into which the package is forced.

This boxis arranged to be turned end for end.

,75 The' box 55 is provided with slots 56',- Figs 5, 6, and 7, in which slots the wheels 54 'en- ,ter and apply the paste to the upper part of the package within the box. The box is mounted on a shaft 57, carrying at one end a ratchet 58 and pawl 59 and a gear-wheel '60, which engages with avertical rack-bar. 61.

The rack-bar 61is operated-by an eccentric 62, Figs. 1 and 3, mounted on shaft 7. A le-.

ver 63 is pivoted at 64 and carries a pin 65,

At its. outerend the lever 63' is connected with the bar 61 by means of a link or arm- 66;"

67 is a revolving drum (shown in Figs. 1, 2

and 3) and provided with a series of separate compartments 68.- The drumi67 is splined to shaft- 70- and. is adapted to be rotated at intervals, so as to be' presented to the incoming packages at the proper times. To this end the drum'on its periphery is'provided: with lugs 71- 72. Lugs 71 are adapted to engage with a cam-lever 7 3 on shaft 7 to give gage with a cam-lever 74 on the same shaft to force the drum outward when a box-body which works in-the groove of -t'he eccentric. 4

the drum its separate turns, and lugs 72 enroo is received therein/so that itcan then be rotated. I v

75 is a coiled spring near the end of the shaft 7 O for the purpose of throwing back the drum to.its normal position after it escapes from the action of cams 73 and 74.

76 is a plate on shaft 70 betweenvthe drum and the spring to guard the open end of "a compartment and prevent the packages therein from being ejected when the boxbody is pushed into such compartment.

77 is a stationary block secured to the framework ofthe machine and provided with 'a' socket, as shown in Fig. 1, into which-is forced the lugs 71 and 72 by the action of the.-

spring on the return .movement'of the drum and by whichjthe drum is locked-and pmplate'to force the lowest cover in the box out. of the latter into the drum,'and which plate is .ivented from rotating untilforced out again operated by a cord 37 which passes over a series of idle pulleys,-

2, and is connected at itsother end with lever .9. A weight 80,

Fig. 1, connected by a, cord to the other end 1 ofthe plate, retracts it-when the lever .9

moves forward. When the blanks are made of thin paper instead of cardboard, I use the I attachments shown in Figs. 17v to 20.

81 is the box for receiving the cigarettes,

and 82 is a reciprocating plate which constitutes the shaker and which is vibrated by the same means as box 22, before described.

' 83 is an inclined wire platform for receiving the cigarettes and forms the floor of the shaker. I 84 are the partitions which swing loosely in slots 85. l

86 are hooks or links forming a chain extending on both sides of the partitions and connected at one end to the reciprocating bar87, which is adapted'to be reciprocated by motion communicated from shaft 7. The partitions 84 are made in two parts, the upl per part 84 being hingedto the lower part 88, and to these lower .parts 88 the links 86 are connected. V

89 is an extension of 88 at its lower end for.

holding and opening thefingers 90 of the plunger. The plate 84 is provided at its up-. per end with lugs 91 by which it is'supporte'd in slots 85 in the -wall of the box. 1

90 are the fingers of the plunger in open position and hinged at their rear ends at 92 to the body of the plunger 93.

When it 'is desired to pack the cigarettes in paper instead of cardboard, they are required to be compressed, and it is therefore necessary to remove the box 22 and plunger 14 and to substitute therefor the box 81 and plunger 93. The employment of'the sprocket chain and wheel 94 are necessary inorder to give the proper reciprocating motion to the bar 87 in the operation of compressing the partitions 88 and their inclosed cigarettes. understood that the sprocket-chain driven by wheel 94 drives a cam which operates upon a pivoted arm intended to impart a reciprocating movement to the bar 87. Thesubsequent operations ofthe plunger are the same as in the operation on the cardboard blank. The cigarettesare pushed out from the box 81 the moment the compression of the-partitions is completed.

The general-operation of the machine is as follows: The first step is to fill the box 22 with. cigarettes, care being taken that each ,compartment between the partitions S is continually kept well filled. At the same time the box 78 is also filled with the covers. The compartments in the upper half of the drum' are also filled with covers by hand at the beginning of the operation, but subsequently automatically. The box will also be filled with blanks. The cigarettes fall from between the partitions S onto the table between the lates 15 in front of the plunger 14. When the machine is started, the plunormed in the walls ofthe channel 26 and It will be against a blank, such as shown in l0, and against the central part of the blank, 5 which is. held in a vertical position in the channel 26. As the plunger continues to move the cigarettes force the blank forward 1 between the upper and lower lates 40 and i 42, which movement has the e set to double the blank, as shown in Fig. 11. The motion of the plunger continuing, the forward corners of the blank are turned in by the'fin'ger's 41 between the upper and lower edges of the blank. Further continuing, the upper margin of the blank is turned down by the upper plate 40 of the former. The lower side margins of the blank held horizontally will be i carried below the wheel 44, which supplies 1 those marginswith gum. 'As the motion of plunger continues the lower edges of the Then the package is carried forward into the box 55, leaving the lip or flap of the wrapper within the forming-box, and then the plunger is retracted bythe reverse action of the lever 9, and the link 12, crank-arm 5, bevelgear 8, and shaft 7 to its original position. Thenthe lever 57 operates the spring-lever 53 and brings down the wheel 54 into the slot 56 and pastes the arts of the blank exposed in the slot; At that moment the eccentric 62 on shaft 7 rotates and forces down the rack- 61, rotating the toothed wheel 60, which gives half a revolution to the rotatingbox 55, reversing the position of the box, bringing its front end to the rear, and at the same time package isstill' held in the box and in front of the drum 67 with the flap turned down, as shown in Fig. 9. The plunger now goes'forward again, performingthe sam operation the package before it out of the box into the cover, which occupies a com artment of the drum 67. At the moment t e box enters the drum the flap is turned over onto the body of .the wrapper, which before has been pasted through the'slotin the box. The drum israted the distance between the compartments by the cam 7 3 on shaft'7 The spring position, Where it is held by the entrance of drum is stationary, and at the same time the package is forced into the drum, the reci roeating bar 79 pushesa lower cover in the ottom. of the box into a compartment of "the inclined plate 33. At this moment the cam 37'operates to push up the bar 35, which is hinged to 33, and lifts up the plate 33, which has the effect to cause the blank to slide down/into thechannel 26 until it reaches the flap is turned up and doubled over the end ofthe box, as shown in Fig.- 8. At this point the completely-formed body of the as before, and the succeeding 'pac age forceslug 72 in the'socket of block 77. When the drum. The blanks fall from box 30 onto the blank are turned up by the bottom plate 42.

now pushed outward by the cam 7 4 and ro- 75 then throws the drum back to its former block 2i? at the bottom of. the channel. In

this position the plungerl i meetsthe blank at the middle and folds it, as before described.

- to release the same, and means thereupon coacting with the drum to rotate t latter.

2'. In a wrapping-machine, a shuck-containing receptacle, means for feeding a wrapper, means foffeeding to-the latter the article to be wrapped and for advancing, the wrapper with the article in a rectilinear direction, means docated in the path of movement of the wrapper coacting therewith during said advancing movement to fold the Wrapper'aboutthe article, a receiving-drum having a pocket designed to be brought into alinement with the said path of movement of the article and wrapper, and means for feeding a shuck tosaid compartment before the latter is brought into alinement Withthe said path of movement. v i

3. In a wrapping-machine a shuck-containing receptacle, means for feeding the .shucks successively therefrom along a rectilinear I path, means forfeeding a wrapper along a parallel path and a drum turning'on 4o forth.

an axis parallel-with said paths of movement having pockets designed to register successiv'ely, first with thepatlrof feed of the slucks and thereafter withthe path of feed of the Wrappers as and l f f 4. In. a-Wrappm' machme a receptacle *c'ontainingithe artic es'to be wrapped, a receptacle containingthe wrappers, a plunger for advancing the article and wrapper, folding meanslocated contiguous to 't.'i.e path of "movement of the plunger, means for feeding for the purpose set the article into the path of the plunger in ad- Vance of the latter, means for feeding the wrapper into the path ,ofan article, means for advancing the' plunger whereby the arti- 5o v cle will be advanced and engagetlte Wrapper and the latter will be brought into engage mentwitn the folding meanswhereby it will be folded about the article, means for containing a plurality of shucks, means for feed- 5 5 ingthe same successively in a direction sub- I stantially parallelwith the lineof movement of the wrapper and article, a drum having a plurality of pockets designed to be registered in rotation with the line of feed oftlie shucks co and thereafter with the line of feed of tie wrapper and article, as and for the purpose set-forth. I I I 5. In a wrappingemachine a shuck-receptacle, a receiving-drum provided with a plu- A rality of pockets, -means for feeding the shucks thereinto, an article receptacle, a wrapper-receptacle, an advancing-plunger, means for feeding the articles in advance of the plunger, and means for feeding the wrapper in advance of the article, 'thecarticle and wrapper being advanced under the influence of the plunger in a single general direction and dischargediinto registering pockets of I the drum, as and for the purpose set forth. 7 5 6.,The v(l1'*urri[-l1erein described provided with. the compartments, and with lugs 73, 7 4 on its periphery, in combination with a driving-shaft a cam-lever on: the driving I shaft to engage and'force the drum outward, S c

acamelever onthe same shaft to cooperate with said lugs and to rotate the drum, and a r spring to'throwthe drum back to its normal position after the operation'of thesaid cams, substantially as described,

Signed at New York, in the county of New Yo jand State of New York. 1

I v FELIPE G IR OUD. Witnesses v JOHN FARRELL,

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